This grain
What is Rice?
Embryonic & adult are the two main types of these cells; labs are now generating induced pluripotent ones to eventually battle disease
What are stem cells?
Corkscrew, nail file, sharp blade, iconic red handle
What is a Swiss army knife?
Bermuda and Vidalia are considered sweet varieties of these
What are onions?
Ludolph van Ceulen, who calculated the value of this to 35 digits, asked for it to be engraved on his tombstone (it is)
What is pi?
This confusing biblical place
What is Babel?
Babies have kneecaps that are not made of bone yet; they're this flexible tissue that will become bone by ossification
What is Cartilage?
Frame, sash, glass
What is a window?
Absolute, total, categorical; it can precede "surrender"
What is unconditional?
Mel Blanc, long the voice of Porky Pig, has this 3-word catchphrase of Porky's as his epitaph
What is "That's all, folks"?
To let a secret out
What is Blab?
This fight-or-flight hormone causes goosebumps which back when we were furrier raised hair follicles trapping air
What is adrenaline?
Minaret, mihrab, ablutions area
What is a mosque?
Missed one of these at LAX? Time to head back to the ticket agent to get sorted out
What is a connection?
This outlaw was buried under the words "Murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is not worthy to appear here
Who is Jesse James?
This firearm measurement
What is caliber?
The inside of the lungs is called the bronchial tree; the trunk is actually this which branches off & brings oxygen into the lungs
What is the trachea?
A handheld item;
canopy, shaft, springs, handle
What is an umbrella?
This "bias" is a psychological term for how pre-existing ideas are supported
What is confirmation?
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room in heaven" is inscribed on the tombstone of this great boxer who died in 2016
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This word meaning a fiasco
What is debacle?
This type of joint with 3-word name allows for the greatest range of motion- forwards, backwards & rotating
What is ball-and-socket?
The tumba, made of a gourd, about 20 parda or frets, a 3-foot-long neck, main & sympathetic strings
What is a sitar?
All the Bronte kids, including brother Barnwell, died from this disease now called Tuberculosis
What is consumption?
South Georgia Island off Antarctica is home to the gravestone of this man who explored the region in his ship, the Endurance
Who is Ernest Shackleton?